Hourglass
I will not be a dying star.
Fading in the night.
Falling and forgotten.
Dimming in the sky.
Losing all my shine.
Darkening against the lights.
I will not be a broken branch
Deserted in the brush
Fallen and forgotten.
Rotten to the heart.
Withering in the light.
Gone and forgotten with evening's blush.
I will not be an hourglass
Buried in the sands of time.
Falling and forgotten.
A drifting grain of sand.
Used and reused.
Drained and stretched within the rhyme.
About this poem
Late night thoughts after watching Aladdin and thinking about legacies.
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Submitted by millaysmusic on December 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaBxxx xcbxac xdBxxd |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 468 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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